carotidesとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

Borrowed from Ancient Greek κᾰρωτῐ́δες (karōtídes, “carotid arteries”), from κᾰρόω (karóō, “to plunge into deep sleep または torpor”) +‎ -τῐ́δες (-tídes, 複数形 nominal suffix), from the fact that the carotid artery supplies blood to the brain, and interruption of this flow causes loss of consciousness.

発音

• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kaˈro.ti.des/, [kɑˈrɔː.t̪i.d̪ɛs]

名詞

carōtides f pl (genitive carōtidum); third declension (New Latin)

1. (anatomy) the carotid arteries

Inflection

Third-declension noun (Greek-type, normal variant), plural only.

派生した語

• → English: carotid